...just to make the child! We are a committed couple trying to create a child to raise in our loving family. The conception process for a lesbian couple can only be defined as a group effort. We have doctors, nurses, x-ray techs, donors, donor lab, fed ex, Walgreens, Clear Blue Easy, Dixie cups, friends, family, lawyers, and so on and so on to rely on for the success of this expansion.
So...it takes a village to make the baby, let alone to raise it!
A was born April 18, 2008

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The Village Leaders

Sara is the good-looking one on the right and Erin is on the left. The founding stones of our village were laid in MI; however, we have planted our roots in WI for the time being. Our friends and family helped us ratifiy the village during our commitment ceremony, December 31, 2004. We are now looking to add to the population of our village but have found it necessary to add many many other people to the village before we can get our first citizen...our baby.

December 2006: First really good cycle. 3 good follicles. First hCG shot. IUI

January 2007: Skipped month due to trip to Boston. Ovulated without Clomid!

February 2007: HSG = clear path. No detected ovulation this cycle. Blood work all came back in the normal range. 20mm Cyst detected on CD 26

March 2007: IUI with FSH. Two follicles, 18mm on left and 20mm on right on CD 15. hCG on CD 15. ICI CD15, IUI CD16, and IUI CD 17. BFN

May 2007: Forced break due to cyst.

May 2007: Hail Mary Insem, BFN

May and June 2007: Hiatus from babymaking

July 2007: Back in the stirrups again. BFN

Aug 2007: Surprise at home insem. 2 ICI vials all in one shot. No meds or doc visits. BFP (6 of them) on Aug. 29 th!!!

(In)fertility Glossary

AF = Aunt Flo, which of course means getting your period.

BFN = Big F***ing Negative

BFP = Big F***ing Positive

CD(#) = Cycle Day (what ever day it is) CD1 is the first day of the period

dpo = days past ovulation

E2 = shorthand for Estradiol. The blood is tested for estrogen levels. A mature follicle should be putting off between 200 and 300 ng/ml of estrodail.

FF = Fertility Friend, cycle tracking software

Follicles = Eggs not yet released from ovary

Follies = Lingo for 'follicles'

FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone. This is the hormone responsible for growing the follicles during the follicular phase of a cycle.

hCG = hormone shot telling ovaries to release the egg. Normally ovulation occurs 24 hours after the shot. This can only be given if the Estradiol level is above 200 per follicle between 17 - 20 mm. Also the hormone detecteed by HPTs.

HPT = home pregnancy test

HSG = test to see if fallopian tubes are clear or blocked.

ICI = Intracervical Insemination, can be done at home. places the sperm at the cervex. more swimming needed.

IF = Infertile or Infertility

IUI = intrauterine insemination, a catheter is inserted through the cervix into the uterus to deposit sperm. Supposedly this increases chances of conception - because the sperm has a much shorter journey.

IVF = InvitroFertilization

NP = Nurse Practitioner

OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kits

POAS = pee on a stick

Progesterone = hormone that spikes during luteal phase, or second half of a cycle (TWW). This hormone is responsible for all kinds of things, including sustaining an early pregnancy

SO = Stubborn Ovaries

TTC = Trying to Conceive

TWW = Two week wait, specifically the time between ovulation and waiting for the results.